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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (June 17, 1949)
Page 2 APri ir : i I'l ’ I '• '1 va 1 1* ¥T •1* " ¥ • Entefipnse and Public Utility Listens ... t|- IBB, gtai Southwesterti that thejliW the com The la TTtT „ v displeasure | hearing where cials and citi heard wmtten tered by telepho Station. , • According chiae granted 1 tlon, thq South Company mu#, with tdikphom utato laWtt, (at mURt ho Into i|UuhI), Wfatl In itlaH# ho! munlty. Ot HH JiLJ Uon (Inohuirhi »uhHCflh«’M took no Mtuml) \ nearly (li rty d thought! i; resent Uppf hear tjii t long Hit repai:-i! hers give wroi)r % fit ention hut a operational iiv»itici^ i tive Hyoritism, tjleif als„ expressed m rpr vioi^tic ns of eompa hprc. They pr:)h ise(il plaints and su bn sit phone |comtnit! 6 '■ ~'. r - A v : r lion Editorials FRIDAY, JUNE 17, 1949 Five years regarded in al family clergynjia^i- the curing of fice was consi mjake only cm icasiom |un,ty Todiay, 1 thifi| a stillj tfiires d (alo^g with his 4ur \) duce aedepfed dollar feu in hip irjg asHociatud tie modern dod oat t he snout l»i*r of (he tiflhijt jihoiti i ejetora : “ ■ It polltlija,. ■ | AI -In' I'm i .Idan Miidlnnl l<|ra haiinl thr cimplidatiVI cbmpujaory h ahy ••forihijTd die torn was e of |2rJi for. a Just what thijj eiibrace Was rish of full-pdgt Are Our Dbc : o b Still in Sacred Positions? . . . . rr^' fi* i 1 !i; > i ■ ■ ro lut I thdlr Mtitthoaeopea iw[ Ml It !i ''il •’•! mai to fin does. wm ff piuch ajt fi* City^T Friday tabon year. if • H her hpusr it 01! Rig its Office the Act M MCOD Ijh College MAliV ^iPMI <ont HU1. loo u i IU,!N IIRO . V have told the one Company rendered by i satisfactory, bf this public at a public Copgt/V'hlflh d||aints i'iutrglng 4 ton/! f 4 " :3r ■ ■ . -' ■ CURIOUS rl WM |1& WlttNP . Mf of T#e KIOWMO , USWTO live mr POOR ■ r • ■ ' am* - 'M I Station. > j Though not subscribers to the tele phone service in the literal sense, there are mai^y occasions when the student bo dy becomes customers of the telephone company. A letter was sent to the hearing U^ompany offi- on behalf of the student body by the tele- , . government phone committee of the Student Senate, plaints regis- It complained of inadequate long distance (ers of College facilities to handle irequent student body , demand? and lifjted spveral reasons fo of the fran- College Sta te# Telephone community j(j|ink!?tent with fciniM phones (wd pay stations at the Annek, The talsphomi company should care mm ill di«8atisfftctioq/With loc|al service. The let ter also, pointed out t! and lifted several. reasons an/witl fited out thle almost total lack of telephone service 4 the A&M Annex (three lines to carrjMfhofh student and college ualls)| and the Inadequacy of the jiii concern's J.ii. In ^ wspnwno company snouiu caw* 't, HI a hiUy study these complaints presented by ■I/* . . V< both vltlxens of College Hlathm and stud- * unis of the College, The aggregale of these , ..a.JLi 7 n complaints poin(s to general public dls* 2ui^ tfitlsfiujtioit with the services «»f what Is a private enterprise and a public utility. The enterprise Is naturally operated to muky moneys but its function Is primarily ns a servant of the people. fedkonk why they tit Satisfactory, mplaints (too til dialed num confused long long distance ijiHng every rain ■md charges of i|id administra- ompany offiqi- such ilagrant Several clti/iChs have stated that the hearing was called to demonstrate to the company public sentiment toward service by the company, and not as an excuse, to revoke the company’s franchise. Now the Southwestern States Telephone Company knows how the people whom they are sup posed to serve feel about the quality of policies existed that service. With these complaints known, t tudy the com- the company has no other alternative than port to the tele- to correct those phases of their service (|jity of College which have been branded unsatisfactory. tan M ijiliility) from pro- 1 ‘ ome to ,u fiVe d rather than be- ilflth the clergy, jhed over to al- he other mcm- !he hiwyo!'. In l:i' ply doctor waa e light as the looked to for ills, no bacri- -gj^eat for,,him to th If 8 , le | throiit of 1 the sick^and his was when he . jlli n of lint Anver- di ||, {he mil Ion's doe- liing An th^ AM A begins dtitHbutlmf Its urgumgtiM we would ilo well tovfurget l\K pur picture of the old I'umlly.dpeW nud w !1m Z.£ i“ v * m^ J i, Ml ., .. crlmmating eye, When the/ductor's fi'u- te f, K B 1 0 '• ternlt-y began dividing Us time between “If"' '* eh of th " th„ offlct mid m mrte II Idrt mi wwwt.ment 9ome of h, .wred pc.ltL. We must pheck the AMA's state ment? 'to flee if they are doctoring our bodies or indoctrinating our minds. d lobbying activi tal" campaign, campaign-will *ar, but if the c r I! • ★ ; y ^ ' ; i • ■ i annoys a wo- The/T.ransmitter: A man with six jr friends drop children is better satisfied than a man g as it usually with six million dollars, The man with six million dollars wants more. e Battalion : i ' y , '/1' * ! "SMer, Statesman, Knightly Gentleman 1 * Qollivan FAiin<^#»r r\f Tradifi, Member of Thp Associated Press RcprcMntad nationallr by Nation*! Ad- rertUln* Bervica Inc., at New York City. Chicago. Lot Angeiaa. and San Franciaco. made by telephone (4-6444) or at the editorial office, Room 201, »y be placed by telephone (4-5324) or at the Student Activitiea U V y Boyle’s V : : tv ' _ s . , Pi PlfPP O Ryan. O’Gro, Talks 4 the I • of US we ...p 7 ** ■ li(\ K K / By HAL BOYLE % & SHANNON, Ireland— it was hiph uprin the air we 8,000 feet above the great Sea. j ' Inside the cabin of the Am. Overseas Airlines Flagship « ice, were some 30 Correspond returning form a tour of the jopean battlefields and outside a thick cloud making a of the land below and the above. T. -' We had run into the clouds ter taking off from London. Soi of the passengers doted in th seats, quietly digesting one merrie England’s postwar A ity meals and wondering if Legislature Splits on Old Age Pension Bill; Seek Compromise AUHT1N, Trxhn, Juno 17—W.—The Nenete nnd Houh« split yRMterday M whether nNoy TexRR old folks should Have to give the stjfte h mortgage on their homes In order to secure pensionst, , i , . ... I The seniite yoted 21-Ato submit to n vote of the popple a cmiHtituttoMiil Nrhendmpftt llfllng^j ji '***' ‘ the :ir» nijHion dtilhu' cellittg on n i m reach Growers lo ty of the past few months is any indica tion, the campaign will be both powerful and one-sided. "The issue of. a compulsory health pro- gram\ Js the approaching, big, domestic political Issue. So little is yet actually known about compulsory health pro grams that it is far too early to intelli- | - gently decide their merits and faults. But kite the same, you may rest assured that the issue will |e fee has risen . be heavily discussed and re-discussed in all the nation’s periodicals and legislative chambers before any legal decisions are made,' ' • M ' /’ / | If We are to chouse wisely among the arguments and decide intelligently on the. final iaaup, wo must learn to recognjw fact from diatorted propaganda and gen uine cone irn from peraonal Interest, . Htute wclfui'e gnuHM but ititponllig the new moi'tgug() fCMtl'IctloM. Objecting t<> the mortgage idea, the ybouae dertiantled that a new conference committee be appointed to work out u Oompromlse. The Vote rejecting the senate plat) was 6i-47. I jl. On the big problem of Ntate spending, the two houses out- wardlji reached agreement. The senate approved 24-7, a house- passed resolution urging heavy cutting of the big money bills essential to operation of the state government the next two years. However, , fhe ; senate turned thumbs dowd on a part, of the res olution which suggested elimina tion of a building program for Eleemosynary; Institutions unless Gov. Beauford H- Jester offered a practical financing plan. The senate approved a resolu tion to end the regular session of the 51st Legislature at noon June 28. Both houses must agree before such action can be taken, but/ it appeared likely j the lower hduse would agree. The Legislature took off for another long weekend, quitting un til Monday mprhing. Some senators who voted, for the House Economy Resolution, said the house was bluffing and trying to put the senate on the spot when it suggested cutting approprlatioh/hills 4.'i million dollars. So the sdnato called the bluff— if that’ll /what it |was. Se»w,M»r R, A, Wuihert of Seguin hud itr figured (hut way. “I think wd ought to accept the challenge,” hd said, tailing the aun- nte’* presiding officer; "If you will appoint oie and two other sen ators who wi|l follow me on those (conference) eomniittees (on gon- ’irnpiiki cutting and find nirt who Is first quit end appropriptinn?), we’ll dn sonle nut to say, ’hold] e)mugh\ M Heiiatihs Janie* Taylor Kerens, I 1 'Inuhot) (fommitlee ('hair- of . If* of Mmio e Sullivan Ross, Founder o£ Aggie Traditions Irspaper of the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas and the j, is published five times a week and circulated every Monday through ng holidays and examination periods. During the summer The Bat in Monday, Wednesday and Friday.. Subscription rate $4.30 per school phed on request. - ' ^ ^titled exclusively to the use for republication of all news dispatches * credited in the paper and lpcal news of spontaneous origin publish- ition of all other matter herein are also reserved. mnhi nnd (lujiios /Wikv wciu iu«lsli'iit ihni the Lrglslnturv pruvldc n luiiiding progi'Hift, j Ashley Ini* pi'epumi u ConMitu-' tlotml Anmudimoijl to porndt Is suance of bpttd* hy the stale to pay for the building program, A hill con lro| 11 tig the use of 2, 4-1) and other wend killer poisons went to, the governor after the house agreed to senate amend ments. : i ' f % 1 . ■„ » , / - Another proposed constitu tional amendment was added to the list. The house approved sen- > ate changep in the proposals to let cities and counties join in es tablishing health units. The sepate limited the amount of tax that could be levied for city- county health units to 20 cents on the $100 property valuation. Failure of the house and sepate to get together t>n removing the ceiling on aid age pensions meant that the question; can not be sub mitted at the Sfept'. 24 special elec tion. Ninety-day notice of the elegi tion must be given. House and senate members were advised that unless the amend ment were agreed upon yesterday there would npt be enough time for routine details essential to . putting the matter before the peo ple Official Notice Opportunities for University Teaching und. Advanced Research in Norway and the Netherlands tor 1949-60 are avail able. Applications must be in by Jude SO, 4049. Details may bn secured from ,R. L. Elkins, 204 Academic Building. j SIMMER UKADl'ATK* Iff ? h -.y.,,. if 14 •fli! L iii ... IN HBM'H Mai* U.a Applications far DOgreed to be swardad —. ip the and of (he Hiuiimer Session are now Esecutlve Editor ' Xl,KK"W,' —ulramenie lor either a Bsuhelofe De ^™ 1 'Oil Co-Editors ill, -i , .WIN Wilur ...Msnsiiinil EdiUir ,A>«»llWlWl|Mr< gmHh. 7 l. rAllfli heiuirian ..f mown*-.', llWy Rom, Jim Trsvinu 8purls Co.Kdlt*ir. Nporis IF ritnr I'ltiti,, Engravers gtsff rarlonnUl Kevlewoi gree. lux tor pf Vilni lnary Medicine D*/ gtee <Mf t>Maetar'- Degree by the »nd/4t the Hummer sltouldi (Ue formal application for Hie degfey impiedlately Application Ulonka are avglloWo jR 'he Regisl t\Q$, 41, U, UEATA PALACE TODAY - SATURDAY “CHAMPIOr a * f r * ‘ SATURDAY PBE' Sunday - Mom COMING TUESDAY ? • . I 1'. • ever mado an) ageotis than But gome out impatiently clouds to deal-, -.w ^ professional Iriphmen In tl seeking to know with odr thing our mouths* had about all our live* f ' Just then a gave a tug at a| lowed it whole ; mist there glea; neath ua. And wws a fair river—as had ta>ken the poured' it star tha green banks had melted and I silver flood. ! r— TT7T" rtr TT Texas Veterans Free To Sei Privately’ Owned *Land Tr For Farm or Ranch Ho Let Marketing Aid As itn aid to Texas peach /pro- ducers, the horticulture department is sending men into the /idd to help determine the exacyand cor rect time of marketing according to Dr. Guy W. Adriance, head of the horticulture department Commercial peach growers in Texas, will notdhyelop a succes sful marketing program until they have determined the exaejt and correct time to gather, pack and ship their/ peaches for s the re tailer amf the house-wife consum er market, Adriance said. T. S 7 . Stephens, of the horticul ture department has been placing men in various orchards through out the state for the past week. /He will go to Houston Friday to inspect peaches as they arrive at the terminal. Two students, James Venables and Edward Pauls, of ’ the horticulture department will accompany him. ; ; / One of the students will remain there for approximately a month to study the shipments!. The other student \yill go to Dallajs to inspect and study shipments edming in to that terminal. W. B. M ac k, hortculture major, will be stationed in Red River and Morris Counties to take (notes an harvesting and packing.' v; ■ Butler at Chicago Meat Conference O, D. Butler, iisHistunt profes sor of Animal liuHlmiulry Ht A&M, uttondad the Reciprocal Meat Coi|- farenca, hold In Chicago yesterday amt Wednesday, under the apon- I soi'kiile of the National Livestock anil Meats Hoard, The ponjfei'unoo was al tended hy fifty-two representatives of thirty- one ugjrlcaUural rtjdleges and the IjKDAij The purpdso of the confer ence Is! to pipvlde oppiulunlty for niutual' enclUMigej of Information and Idaas coiicern|lng teaching and [ research in meats. Butler presented a imjwr at thu \ conference entitled " Ef f e c 11 Ve Methods, Technhnies, and Abb Ini Teaching the Subject of!',Meats," His observations iii teaching meats courses at .A&M provide ine basis for his discussion. Earlier thin year, In February, Roy W. Snyder, professor of An-/ s . imal Husbandry here, was in. Chi cago as a member of the program planning committee for thlese meet- jglpvSra Th* mently stiMtod laglstatlah [mplemdhtlng the Taaas VHernns* Land Board will be the moans! Of making tha dieam of thousunda nf Texas Veteran* for a farm or ranch horn* of their very own, coma true. ’ One of the mo*t attractive fea tures of this bill I* that scctjhn which permits a veteran to person ally select a tract of land suitable for agriculture or grating held under private- ownership in any sector of 4he‘'State. It -might! he owned by kinsmen or by a corpcpta- tion—it matters not to the Board. What will matter to the Board will be that the veteran feels rea sonably sure that it will serve his purpose and needs; that it niust have at least half of the mineral rights unencumbered and thatlthe land is worth the asking price; After the veteran has made his selection his next step will be to furnish the Board with a complete abstract, and description of the property so that it may be > ap praised. At the same time he files his application with the Board, he will pay to the Board his limtial down payment 1 of NOT less than five per cent of the total purchase price. In the event the application is rejected the veteran’s money will be refunded and he will be free to make another selection. After the Board has appraised the land and approved the appli cation for the loan for the balance, the applicant will he required to execute an on or before note for forty years *t three pet cent in terest for the balance.' After re ceiving his contract of sale he will be entitled to take possession. Operothm . vstman purchitNir r .n„ -..-i Mr in* hRCMRliy for itiiMI vrIrnmn from »it« httrii Him* to tmttlmr h* a lit* purtihsiM* will sitlifo Jamil BMVIr ImitiR* wj tua aliwndy fiimlllM > .w!i (Ion fnmJiilimit, This iL wvrv* tu I'bmmi cliimit** b tjmlsi (hR.pruvIiloiiRiof . tloii M v»>tvrnit may plil tr*ct of land up to $1Imh he will be required to U) difference above the (7i! finance thaximum. Another provision 4f |i sponsored by Senator Id i und Representative Reul j terfitt, permits^ a vetejimii chase a tract ofi land oWmh State when such tracts are award going to the highe: To make the contract ' minimuni five per cent dn; ment will a c c o m/p a n y i Proper application forrpt '— ljL ed by the Board P eteran will be lira se. However, he ilted as to the furnished by the Board Eachfveteran will be liniitkj purchase. However, he 44 be limited as to the irj amount of land he may It purchase under the full $7,500.00. The term “state owned does NOT include PublJq Land but will include land by the State from other! federal government agertcj: from itioividuals or cotfpi for the purpose of resale veterans, since the fnew) this legislatfyi. , Under the terms of the crafts With combat conmt abilities will have a 90 dav in financing, during wqi non-disabled veterans aplpl will be held in abeyance. EDITOR'S NOTE: (In the next issue Commissioner Giles wil the eligibility requirement* for qualification for a farm or rahe loan and the protection provided the veteran under the Icgilll Helicopter Pilot la Rocked by Kidw HAN ANTONIO, Tox„]June 17 (A*i, Htones tossed by tots "|re wbrse thsn the risk over Berlm’* ssys Lt, Joseph E, B*rr«tt of the NVsko sir base, Barrett Is pilot of mi Army hrtll- ropltjir sprsyiiig DDT over jhi||o ami ijlsrrliea-ruldrn sreks lmr&, ’Hie helicopter blades are break- able, Poller guards Wsre set lip today to protvet Um machine, wn at the niap of saw it through the rehears whq, ha(r land for somet t^e mentor s«i;ted. V one at reng us, Cor-4 who h*< been born teeing i his homeland first tifne In eight : ^ . " x**’ • Ireland’s t411est mount- iveen,” he Raid, r there, the Irish,Cen- said Rpap. “See how there are and notice the farms are.” radii farm is a stjdne were built in the day* Irish used to sav “We have any #n(imunition;,to Rriilsh, but we have, ijpeks to thrjiw at thetn<" anded at Hhannoii ml, we pkkeid tip »' aOM- I !l»h j I^rih si the ritgo my, 1 Then We went Into W!e had only si hour hlsite left and wr iptnl ! Ah nit li rlsnd, there, stje two rival |e, (Me Is Buthmlll, ha JUU by. a, fel- The "I her I# - nsnmil Johir l(iotlh' hrautl^ ,4 , ' 4 rim you Irnln In sit mavtHifneaitT ih rui shsin- its, Opo ft ir f (UK), ha ;A&M i ran In r fft.OOO And vi) been made View A&N. Collego, ac- Dr. E. B. 'Evans, presl- college., j [ sjtJerieruil Edduatioh Board ivaliable 15,000 toward |se of steel! shelving for The fund is avaduble Ine 30, 1960. |4«Wl , Wills; Inc., Minne- has made $#00 available thti w irk shop in nutrition ‘ education to be held ARD’S II : ,| 1 • • . I , V ' SVf'Q oix n so late (It’s now ’till 8) nTli, ;■ j ' bring ihe date want to fete. (jmmtll If t—iiall into : LAST DAY H O U S TON’ S I glen McCarthy and SHAMROCK HOTEL 'SATURDAY ONLY ■ SUPER F DOUBLE BILL "•aooff hamgs aisa — AND SUNDAY—SEE. Cornel Wilde la >4 “SHOCK PROOF”